In his first Sunday news of the crowds on the Square of St. Peter in the Vatican town of Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world of “no further war”.
He called for “authentic and lasting peace” in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages held by a militant group Hamas.
The new Pope, elected on May 8, also welcomed the recent fragile ceasefire between India and Pakistan and said he prayed to God to give the world a “miracle of peace”.
Tens of thousands of people gathered on St. Peter and Via della Conciliazione applauded when the Pope called for peace in the world.
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Repetition of frequent calls of late Pope Francis – “no other war” – Leo also recorded the recent 80. The anniversary of the end of World War II, in which about 60 million people were killed.
Today’s world experienced a “dramatic scenario of the Third World War, which was fighting with the land”, then commented on the 69 -year -old Chicago Pope.
Hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed direct conversations with Ukraine to end the three -year war, Leo called on to negotiate “authentic, fair and lasting peace”.
He also said that in his heart he bears “the suffering of loved ones in Ukraine”.
“Allow everything to achieve real, fair and lasting peace as soon as possible.”
Pope Leo XIV, who called for an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid of the restoration and release of the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas, said that the war in Gaza was “deeply sad”.
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Leo further noted that he was glad that he had heard of the recent Indian Pakistani ceasefire and hoped that the negotiations would lead to a permanent agreement between the neighbors of armed nuclear weapons.
“But there are so many other conflicts in the world,” he added.
Mother’s Day
Pope Leo XIV also noted that Sunday was a mother’s day in many countries and wished all mothers “including those in heaven” a happy mother’s day.
On Sunday he also celebrated a private mass near the tomb of St. Peter and prayed at the tomb of several past popes in the caves under the basilica. The Vatican media filmed him praying before the mixture of more progressive and traditional popes: Pope Paul VI, who closed the modernization reforms of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s and Pope Pius XII and Benedict XVI, at a more conservative end of the spectrum.
The Pope celebrated the Mass with his head of his Augustin Order and his brother John in the benches. In his homily, he remembered that Sunday was also the day when the Catholic Church celebrated religious professions, and noted that the problem of declining professions was caused by cardinal discussions in their election discussions.
He was elected 267 on Thursday. Before its formal installation material, the busy week of the audience has next Sunday.
Leo, former Robert Prever, spent most of his priestly life as a missionary of the then bishop in Peru, which he remembered Thursday evening by offering a special greeting to his former diocese in Chiclayo in Spanish.
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